Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Berks

Municipality: District township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       14,257

Household (median)                                               35,469

Family (median)                                                  39,432

  Married couple families (mean)                                 45,419

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          19,038





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                               100.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                             0.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             3.9

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 4.7

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            80.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.6





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 34

  Elementary or High School                                         180

  College                                                            31



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              29.1

  High school grad (%)                                             70.9

  College grad (%)                                                 14.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    666

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           42.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 19.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.5

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 5.0

  Mean Income                                                    23,055

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                27.2

  Mean Income                                                    30,484

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            67.8

  Mean Income                                                    51,442

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    290

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.7

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    119

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.0





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   13.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           23.6

  Service (%)                                                      10.7

  Farming (%)                                                       2.6

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             20.4

  Labor (%)                                                        29.7





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996